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He continued to laugh a bit as the neared his home. He could tell that his joke had somewhat offended her a little, but not by much. "I just call 'em like I see 'em." she replied, smirking back at her. Once they'd finally made it to his house, which was more like a 3-leveled apartment building, he opened the door then turned back to Riku, who'd said his house was pretty. "Thanks." Once they were both inside, he closed and locked the door back. "I don't live here alone though. My cousin and Uncle also live here. My parents on the other hand, are still up in the mountains." He flopped onto the couch next to her and nodded. "Yeah, you can... you're safe to be in your true form in this house- it's actually cloaked by magic, thanks to my uncle. No one can get in unless they're allowed in by one of the residents- my uncle, cousin, or myself." He titled his head when she acted what they would do. "That's a good question." he chuckled, "Looks like we're the only ones here... so, what do you want to eat? There's plenty of food here."

He laughed again. "Food is anything." Zeke stood up and walking to the other room behind them, the kitchen. "Yeah, 10 years is a long time.... if even longer when you're not human." He said, sticking his head out of the door way. He stayed in his human disguise because it wouldn't be easy using his claws when he needed his fingers to hold a bowl and stuff. He opened the door of the fridge and looked for something to eat. "You okay with fried fish, spaghetti, and mashed potatoes?" he asked.

"Oh really? Heh, Well, I remembered that you liked fish at least." Zeke chuckled, taking out a bowl of spagetti and a small plated of fried fish out. He placed the fish in the microwave and the spagetti in a pot over the stove. He then walked back over to Riku at the table, standing next to her. "Yeah, I do actually remember that." He grinned a bit, a slight blush appeared over his face. "It was the best day of my life..."

"It's been so long...since I've embraced you like this..." tears of joy started streaming down her face, and her smile was soft.
"I know, I feel the exact same way. After we got separated.... I felt completely empty without, Riku." After she leaped into his arms, he wrapped his arms around her, embracing her like he had so many years ago. "I hope to never lose you like that again...." Zeke held her tight as she started to cry, laying his chin on top of her head.

As Riku looked up to him, he also gazed deeply into her eyes. He chuckled quietly as she moved his bangs away from his face. "Yes, I do remember you saying something like that before, back on the ship. I thought you were just being nice.... I don't even know what color they are." He grinned a bit, leaning forward to kiss her forehead. "No one does, actually. Sometimes, I'm even asked if I'm blind because they're such a darkened dull color..."

"Yeah, I know. But, I do get questions like that... especially when I was in school." He quickly jerked around when the food started making a mess over the stove. "Riku!" He quickly grabbed an oven mitt and slipped it on his hand, putting the boiling pot into the sink and took the fried fish out of the microwave. "Are you okay?" Zeke asked, putting the fish on the table and held her hand in his, examining it. He brought her over to the sink and ran cold water over her hand. "Sorry about that.... I never was good in the kitchen, even when heating up leftovers, I still burn it." He chuckled nervously.

He grinned a bit, looking somewhat nervous at her. "Alright, I think we should too. But, where shall we go?" After Zeke finished mending to her hand, he walked over to the living room and grabbed his house keys. "You're not klutzy.... you're just not careful." she chuckled, walking back over to her and kissed her.